Appendix XXIII

Appendix XXIII

Campus Safety

 
A campus safety plan shall be developed and provided to students in written format and/or on campus websites.
 
Additionally, the office of the VCCCD Police prepares and annually updates a report of all occurrences reported to campus police and/or Campus Security Authorities (CSA) of, and arrests for, crimes that are committed on campus and that involve violence, hate violence, theft or destruction of property, illegal drugs, or alcohol intoxication, and of all occurrences of noncriminal acts of hate violence reported to campus authorities. A written report will be submitted to the Board of Trustees.
 
Written records of noncriminal acts of hate violence shall include at least a description of the act of hate violence, the victim characteristics, and offender characteristics, if known.
 
Note: Education Code Section 67380 defines "hate violence"  as: "any act of physical intimidation or physical harassment, physical force or physical violence, or the threat of physical force or physical violence, that is directed against any person or group of persons of the property of any person or group of persons because of the ethnicity, race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, or political or religious beliefs of that person or group." Section 67380 requires reporting of both occurrences reported to campus police or safety authorities of and arrests for crimes that involve hate violence (Section 67380(a)(1)(A)) and of "non-criminal acts of hate violence" (Education Code Section 67380(a)(1)(B)).
 
For purposed of reporting under the Clery Act, "hate crimes" includes domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.